Cyprus News

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday called for dialogue and said he had contacted the United Nations in the aftermath of an incident in the buffer zone earlier in ...

Seven people were arrested during overnight police operations across the island as officers intensified checks aimed at maintaining public order, police said on Friday. Two people, aged 25 and 27, were arrested ...

A world-famous Michael Jackson tribute show is coming to Cyprus this January, bringing back the tunes, dance moves and spirit of the pop king. His most renowned understudy, Sergio Cortes, ...

And the weather is stacking those odds… Across the west – including Cyprus – the most common day for conception is, apparently, January 2! Not, says the research, because we’re feeling particularly ...

A car caught fire shortly before midnight on Thursday in Yeroskipou, Paphos, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday. The fire brigade was informed of the fire at 11.57pm, ...

Police on Friday said they have launched an investigation after shots were fired at a hotel in Limassol on Thursday evening. The incident occurred shortly after 6pm, with the police ...

A 45-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman from Paphos were both arrested after seven stolen laptops, seven stolen mobile phones, and other stolen goods were found in their apartment, the ...

A water tank weighing a tonne and a half fell on a parked car as high winds hit Cyprus on Thursday. The tank fell off the top of a block ...

The first baby to be born in Cyprus in 2026 was born in Limassol at 2.25am on New Year’s Day. The baby is a girl and was born at a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday evening said he had contacted his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis to offer his condolences in the aftermath of a fire at a bar in ...

A controversial deal signed between the north’s ruling coalition and Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom which will see Turkish Cypriot taxpayers expend €110 million for the provision of fibreoptic internet ...

President Nikos Christodoulides held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday evening – the first international call held upon Cyprus’ assumption of the Council of the European Union’...

Friday’s weather is expected to be cloudy but no rain is expected to fall, with temperatures set to rise to 13 degrees Celsius inland, 15 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and ...

Fittingly arriving during one of the coldest months of the year, the impressive ice show Aladdin and Other Famous Stories from 1001 Nights is reaching Cyprus this February. Based on the ...

The state of cemeteries in Cyprus is “not very encouraging”, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s Turkish Cypriot co-chairman Ali Tuncay said on Thursday. He was speaking to ...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday said that efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are “Europe’s responsibility”. “It is not a responsibility which falls solely on Cyprus. It ...

More than 180 projects have been worked on by the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage since its establishment in 2008, the committee’s Turkish Cypriot co-chairman Ali Tuncay said on Thursday. “...

The beginning of January brings the arrival a certain type of guest – goblins, also known as kalikanjaroi! Old folk tales say that they arrive this time of year, in early ...

Cyprus’ undertaking of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency comes at a “pivotal moment for Europe”, European Parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Thursday. “Expectations are high. ...

Two motorcycles were found on fire in the square in the centre of Dherynia in the early hours of Thursday morning, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He wrote in ...

Undertaking the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency is “a moment of pride”, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Thursday. “Cyprus will work as an honest ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman offered new year’s wishes in Turkish, Greek, and English in a post on social media. “We extend our best wishes to everyone for a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said it is time for “further European integration”, as Cyprus took on the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency for a six-month term. ...

The met office on New Year’s Day issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds, with gusts reaching a strength of up to eight on the Beaufort scale. The ...